The Guardian Culture

Funny and full of sex: why you should read Proust’s In Search of Lost Time | Letters

Readers strike an encouraging note for those sceptical of the joys of Proust, saying it has plenty to make it worth perserveringI read all seven volumes of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time over a nine-month period. In answer to Mike Bromberg (Letters, 26 May), a great deal happens besides the famous madeleine incident: the advent of electric lighting, motorcars and aeroplanes, not to mention endless romances and social intrigues. My memory is that every hundred pages or so of tedium would

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Variety

Russo Brothers Reveal Robert Downey Jr.’s ‘Doomsday’ Costume Is Favorite from MCU, ‘Delivering on the Most Awesome Things’ About Doctor Doom

With almost half a year to go until its release, the Russo Brothers tried their best not to say too much about “Avengers: Doomsday” during a packed-out talk at SXSW London, but ended up discussing the hotly-anticipated Marvel title — not out until December — rather a lot. Speaking on stage alongside “Fortnite” co-creator Donald […]

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Variety

Jason Bateman on Playing ‘Widely Different’ Characters in ‘Black Rabbit’ and ‘DTF St. Louis,’ and How Netflix Saved ‘Arrested Development’

From playing a “super meek” weatherman in “DTF St. Louis” to his dark turn as a man battling substance abuse in “Black Rabbit,” no two roles Jason Bateman takes on are ever the same. “It was really fortunate to be able to play two wildly different characters in the same year, and they both turned […]

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Variety

Katherine LaNasa to Receive Variety Virtuoso Award at Bentonville Film Festival

Variety will present Katherine LaNasa with the Variety Virtuoso Award at the Bentonville Film Festival on Saturday, June 20. The award will be for her career achievements across film and television, most recently starring in the hit HBO Max series “The Pitt,” for which she won the Emmy and Critics Choice Award for Outstanding Supporting […]

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Variety

Jason Bateman Talks ‘Black Rabbit’ and How Netflix Saved ‘Arrested Development’

In “Black Rabbit,” which is currently streaming on Netflix, Jason Bateman and Jude Law play Brooklyn-born brothers who reunite and get in business together. However, the two soon spiral into destructive patterns as they contend with their estrangement. To date, the show has earned nominations at the Golden Globes, Producers Guild, Writers Guild and Screen […]

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Variety

Amazon Moves Prime Day to June: What to Know About the (Now Earlier) Annual Shopping Event

Amazon Prime Day is back, and the retailer is bringing its annual shopping day to the masses earlier than ever this year. Amazon has announced that Prime Day 2026 will take place from June 23 to 26, 2006. That breaks with tradition, as Prime Day has typically been held in July as a counter to […]

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Variety

White House Correspondents Association Plans New Dinner for July 24 With Heightened Security

The White House Correspondents Association plans to make a new attempt to hold its annual awards dinner after the first was interrupted by a potential assassination attempt against President Donald Trump. Weijia Jiang, president of the organization, said in a letter to members Tuesday that a rescheduled event will be slated for Friday, July 24. […]

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Sabrina Carpenter granted restraining order against alleged stalker: ‘disturbing violation of safety’

Pop star says the man, 31, tried to force his way into her LA home last month and insisted she was expecting himSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailSabrina Carpenter has been granted a temporary restraining order against a man she says has been stalking her and tried to get into her California home.On Monday, the Los Angeles county court issued an order to prohibit William Applegate, 31, from being within 100 yards of the Hollywood Hills home that she shares with her sister and the

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Variety

Indian Master Ritwik Ghatak Gets London Retrospective, 4K Restorations

India’s National Film Development Corporation – National Film Archive of India has completed 4K restorations of the entire feature filmography of auteur Ritwik Ghatak and will present them at a month-long retrospective at BFI Southbank in London running through June, marking the centenary of the director’s birth. The season, titled “Revolutionary Cinema: The Passion of […]

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Masters of the Universe review – Amazon’s He-Man adventure is a weak big-budget misfire

A laboured attempt to resurrect toy IP very few people still care about is a $200m-budgeted waste of everyone’s timeIt’s not just that He-Man himself is from the 80s that gives 2026’s Masters of the Universe such an aggressive throwback vibe. It’s that trying to assemble a film around the haphazard mythology of a toy and dusting off IP that precious few still care about feels like something Hollywood has slowly been doing a bit less of, especially on a scale such as this.This year, hits have rel

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

White House Correspondents’ Dinner Redo Set for Next Month With “Significantly Enhanced” Security

April's dinner was ended early after a shooter entered the Washington Hilton.

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Variety

‘Songs of U.S.’ Video Series to Feature Grace Potter, Amy Grant, Mickey Guyton, Linda Perry and Other Artists Celebrating the American Songbook for Nation’s 250th Birthday (EXCLUSIVE)

“Songs of U.S.,” a video series devoted to exploring the American songbook on the nation’s 250th birthday, will feature artists such as Amy Grant, Linda Perry, Grace Potter, Mickey Guyton, Samara Joy and Old Crow Medicine Show in both song and conversation about what these American tunes have meant to the country. Other participants in […]

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Variety

‘A. Rimbaud’ Review: Patrick Wang Returns With the Best Three-Hour, One-Man Biopic You’ll See This Year

Six decades ago, David Lean ventured to the sprawling sandstone mountains of Wadi Rum to film the world’s most interesting canvas: the human face. This credo is not dissimilar from that of Winnipeg-shot “A. Rimbaud,” the latest micro-budget feature from American indie virtuoso Patrick Wang (“A Bread Factory”), whose contained, stripped-bare, three-hour biopic of French […]

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Variety

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Wrestle With the Downsides of Viral Fame in Netflix’s ‘America’s Sweethearts’ Season 3 Trailer: ‘Can’t Listen to the Haters’

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are grappling with the Netflix effect. For 16 seasons, auditions for the premier dance team were documented for the CMT show “Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team.” But for as successful at that show was, it’s nothing compared to the number of eyeballs that watch Netflix globally. The first season of […]

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Variety

Alan Cumming and Christopher Meloni-Led Films Among Palm Springs International ShortFest Line-Up

Sophia Meloni’s “Chop Cheese” starring Christopher Meloni and Michael Gandolfini and Michael Bruce’s “Kiloran Bay” starring Alan Cumming are among the short films set to screen at the Palm Springs International ShortFest. ShortFest will return to the Festival Theaters from June 23 through 29.  ShortFest will feature a number of live-action films, including the Kaily […]

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Variety

‘Life Is Strange’ TV Series Casts Billy Barratt, Emily Carey, Esther McGregor, Faly Rakotohavana, Mia Isaac (EXCLUSIVE)

The “Life Is Strange” TV series at Amazon Prime Video has added five new cast members, Variety has learned exclusively. Billy Barratt (“Responsible Child,” “Invasion”), Emily Carey (“House of the Dragon,” “Wonder Woman”), Esther McGregor (“We Were Liars,” “High School”) Faly Rakotohavana (“UnPrisoned,” “Secret Society of Second-Born Royals”), and Mia Isaac (“The Perfect Couple,&#8221

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Billy Magnussen on ‘The Audacity’ and Playing a Deeply Insecure Silicon Valley CEO

“It’s exhausting,” says Magnussen as he talks about drawing from real-life tech titans to play Duncan Park, a data-mining boss consumed by ambition and self-doubt.

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Russo Bros Declare “We’re Back to Phase Zero” With ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ and Robert Downey Jr.

"This is starting over from scratch," said Joe Russo at a SXSW London talk on Tuesday. "We want to make sure everybody feels like this isn't leaning on anything from the past."

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Pope-ally wired! Why Mark E Smith’s maligned Catholic play is getting a reboot

The Fall frontman’s play about a papal plot appalled critics when first staged in 1986, with Leigh Bowery starring as a cardinal. Now Hey! Luciani is back – but does it make any more sense 40 years on?When Steve Hanley joined Manchester post-punk group the Fall, he expected to be playing bass guitar, not the pope on the London stage.“I was the new pope,” remembers the musician. “I had a full pope suit on with about seven different layers of cassocks, and I’d come out to wave.” Hanley’s papal arr

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026

Variety

‘Ulya’ Review: A Striking but One-Dimensional Portrait of Basketball Legend Ulyana Semjonova

Recently premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, “Ulya” is a biopic of Latvian-born basketball phenomenon Ulyana Semjonova, who played and won many medals and championships for the Soviet Union from the late 1960s until well into the 1980s. Yet her tragedy, as director Viesturs Kairišs’ film presents it, is her height: At […]

entertainment  Jun 2, 2026